Joseph Abbott (Irish priest)

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Joseph William Abbott was Dean of Leighlin from 1912 until 1939. [1]

Bolton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained deacon in 1876 and priest in 1876. He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Bilboa. He held incumbencies in Old Leighlin, Tullow and Kiltennel. [2]

He died on 25 April 1939. [3] [ failed verification ]

Notes

  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory p1 Oxford, OUP, 1929
  2. "New Dean of Leighlin". Dublin Daily Express. 23 December 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. Obituary The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 27, 1939; pg. 21; Issue 48290


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